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I don't think historical nationalism exists really, if it was the case in France, a province like the Bourgogne will claim his independence, same for Franche Compté. In reality these provinces were independent like Brittany but ethnically French. For this reason a specific nationalism is absent there.
You mean that the Bourgognons have never been a distinct identity, that they never formed one, else? or just that it doesn't compare to the Breton for some... [explain] reason?
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